On 03/18/2015 12:04 PM, Bob Henson wrote: > On 18/03/2015 12:57 pm, Ludwig Hügelschäfer wrote: >> On 18.03.15 12:11, Bob Henson wrote: >>> I just installed the new GnupG 2.0.27, via Gpg4Win 2.2.4 vanilla. >>> I couldnot access the Enigmail key management window at all - >>> getting the following error message:- >>> error The spinner was indicating that it was trying to load the >>> keys, but nothing happenedafter a considerable wait. >>> I reinstalled it over itself to no avail. I re-installed 2.0.26 >>> via Gpg4Win 2.2.3 and all was immediately restored to full >>> functioning . Not being very technical, I have no idea why this >>> should be but thought it would be of interest, and that someone >>> might know why? I'm not currently connected to the GPG4Win forum, >>> so I can't say if it has been mentioned in there. >> The deeper reason is, that GnuPG 2.0.27 errors out if it detects weak >> digest algorithms. They are used on older keys, having the MD5 hash. >> See the release notes for 2.0.27: >> http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2015q1/000362.html >> This behaviour prohibits loading the key list, as Enigmail respects >> the exit code of GnuPG and thinks, there is a serious error and no >> usable output. So, this is no bug which was introduced with Enigmail >> 1.8, you would certainly get the same behaviour with 1.7.2. >> >> As a first aid, this can be fixed by the following procedure: Open >> Enigmail -> Preferences. Ensure the "Advanced" tab is shown. If not, >> click on "Show Expert Settings and Menues". Select the "Advanced" tab. >> Put the following in the field "Additional parameters for GnuPG": >> >> --allow-weak-digest-algos >> > OK, I'll use that for the moment whilst I work out which of the keyring > have the old hash. Thanks for the help. > Is there a method to search my keyring for keys with the MD5 hash other than looking one by one?
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